Coach Pen

Frequently asked

Questions, answered.

Everything you might ask before you get started. Still stuck? Get in touch.

Getting started

Coach Pen is a writing-improvement tool. It marks your own writing, gives coaching feedback, and teaches one technique at a time. You can aim it at a specific exam or work on writing in general.

Anyone who wants to write better: school students preparing for exams like NSW Selective or NAPLAN, adults sitting IELTS, TOEFL, or Cambridge English, and writers working on their craft for its own sake.

No. Coach Pen runs in your browser. Create a free account and start right away. The free plan needs no card.

How Coach Pen works

No. Coach Pen coaches your own writing instead of writing it for you: it names what's working, shows what to fix, and teaches the technique. Every word stays yours.

You paste your writing (or sit a practice task) and Coach Pen scores it against the relevant rubric, with specific feedback on your actual words rather than generic tips.

Good writing is built from learnable moves grouped under six traits: ideas, organisation, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions. Each tool teaches one move and has you practise it until it sticks.

NSW Selective, IELTS, NAPLAN, TOEFL, and Cambridge English, each with its own rubric and difficulty. You can also choose general improvement with no specific exam.

Plans & billing

No. Every new account starts with a 14-day full-access trial: no card, and nothing is charged when it ends. After that the Free plan continues forever, and you add a paid plan only when you're ready.

One piece of your writing graded by the AI: a practice exercise you submit for feedback, or a full piece marked against an exam rubric. Reading lessons, hints and browsing the library don't count, and nothing is deducted for work you don't submit. Your allowance resets every month.

Yes. Plans are month-to-month (or yearly if you choose). Cancel in a click and you keep access until the period ends.

Exam Prep and Family include every exam module (NSW Selective, NAPLAN, IELTS, TOEFL, and Cambridge English) plus any we add later. Writer covers the full technique library but not the exam modules or timed mock tests.

We use your writing only to coach you. We never sell it or use it to train public models. You can delete it at any time.

Anytime. Upgrades apply immediately and we prorate the cost; downgrades take effect at the next renewal.

Yes. If your household or school needs several seats, get in touch and we'll sort out a plan.

Privacy & safety

Your writing is used only to coach you. We never sell it or use it to train public models, and you can delete it at any time. Full details are in our Privacy Policy.

Yes. A parent, guardian, or school should create and supervise a younger learner's account, and accept the terms on the child's behalf.